City Council Archives

Kamloops Cuts Services While Raising Taxes

by KCU | Jan 22, 2026 | City Council, City Hall, Property Taxes

A 7.1% Tax Hike – and They Want a Medal? City Hall just announced a 7.21% property tax increase, down from the 10.76% they originally projected, and they’re congratulating themselves for it. They didn’t trim the top-heavy administrative layer. They didn’t reduce...

City Hall Must do Better Providing Public Access to Meetings

by KCU | Jan 20, 2026 | City Council, City Hall

A KCU member suggested an interesting solution that we’ll be passing on. The City now encourages public participation via Zoom rather than in-person attendance at meetings. When seating capacity becomes an issue, could staff who are present join the meeting by Zoom...

Update 2: Residents Turned Away From Kamloops Public Hearing

by KCU | Jan 19, 2026 | City Council, City Hall

A further update on our communication with Deputy Mayor Kelly Hall regarding members of the public being turned away from last week’s statutory public hearing due to space constraints. Shown are Councillor Hall’s latest reply, followed by our subsequent letter to...

Update: Residents Turned Away From Kamloops Public Hearing

by KCU | Jan 16, 2026 | City Council, City Hall

An update to our letter regarding residents being turned away at Tuesday’s public hearing due to space limitations. Attached is the reply received, and our response. (If you missed reading the original letter, it’s in our previous...

Residents Turned Away From Kamloops Public Hearing

by KCU | Jan 15, 2026 | City Council, City Hall

On Tuesday, some residents were turned away from a public hearing at City Hall due to space constraints. Below is a letter sent today to Council and Administration, and copied to the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs and local media.

Merry Christmas

by KCU | Dec 23, 2025 | City Council, City Hall

‘Twas the Year of the Golden Shovel In the year before Christmas, at Kamloops, BC,Where council met often, sans public, you see.The chambers were quiet, the questions were light,Accountability slipped out the door overnight. Big visions were promised with glossy...